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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
Why the Duke Sold the Picture.
From The Tablet

The Duke of Westminster has got himself into
a dItiiculty--and out of it. 1t came about in
this way. Some seven years ago this wealthiest
Of all the peers and lords of lands and manors
innumerable, laid last tribute of homage be-
fore the shrine of the political deity he had
spent his life in worshipping when he paid down
1000 guineas for Millais' portrait OF Gladstone
All the world remembers it, with its anxious,
palld look, and how Mrs. Gladstone explained
that her husband had come to lock so through
grief-grief at what Lord Beaconsfeld had be m
doing in England But times Change, and we
with them; and though Mr.. Gladstone still looks
out from the calm of the canvas just as he was
painted years ago, the Duke of West
minister meets his gaze with other eyes.
in Grosvenor House, is thought Of
now chiefly as the shifty despoiler of church
es and the henchman of Parnell, was trouble
to the ducal digestion. Accordingly the thing
came down from the dining room wall and went
to the hammer. and brought the price he had
paid-with more than compound interest. All
the world wondered, and some thought the
Duke, and others that the buyer, had blundered.
Anyway, the Duke knew he was happier and
his agents told him he was richer. He was
vexed no more at his simple breakfast table, or
across 1.-THE sulen splendor of his feasts" by the
sight of that sign upon the wall of the betrayal
and the ruin of the Liberal party. But it is the
sequel to the story that have to tell.
Mrs. Gladstone knew of the sale, and, woman
like, resolved to know the reason why. She had
loved that work of Millais, painted Just at a
long valley of the shadow of Disraei and be-
coming the grand old man" And she had
been specially glad that it had found a home in
Grosvcnor House. under the guardianship of a
family bound with theirs by ties of an immemo-
rial intimacy Catherine, when she makesup
her mind to a thing, is very direct person.
has way Of telling her mind, even TO her lord,
in language straight and simple. This time she
wrote to her old friend, Cheshire neighbor,
and asked him just what she wanted to know
why had he sold the picture he prizedY 1t was a
dilemma for the Duke. His young wife was
there to counsel; but even feminine
tact saw no way out Of tnis dreadfully simple
question, why did you sell his portrait:" The
Duke put pen TO paper-but how could he tell
Catherine" that he found IL impossible 10 d.
gest with her husband glaring from the wall
The Liberal UnionSt peer was hard up, very
hard up, for an excuse, or, at least, an evasive
answer, the only thing he had ever been hard
up for in his life. Al last, with the magnificent
audGcity of despair, he told Catherine" quite
simply and briefly that the reason which had
him regretfully 70 part with what he
had desired for an heirloom for his house was
obvious and dstressing-roverty! Whether the
word was written TO the accompaniment Of a
ducal chuclSe, or what Catherine" said, know
not
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
Seeking a Way to Reach Criminals

For several days our dispatches con-
terstate conference at New York city, which
had for its object the adoption of uniform
system of practice for the delivery, from one
State to another, of criminals who are
fugitives from justice, Twenty-Five States
and Territories were represented at the con
ference, and the prospect appears to DO that
the system agreed upon will be satisfactory
The method pursued in extradition cases
is quite different in different States In
fact, the laws of the various States on the
subject are SO different that complications
arise, and criminals are permitted to escape
punishment. Not very long ago complica-
tions in an extradition case arose between
this State and South Carolina. and it was
quite long while before satisfactory I'M
Outstanding was arrived at.
What is needed is simple set of regula-
tions which could DO quickly complied with,
and with which officers of the law would have
no difficulty in becoming familiar. AT pres
ent when a criminal escapes from one State
to another, n lawyer has to be consulted and
the extradition laws of the two States looked
up, ana arrangements made to comply with
them, before any steps can be taken to cap
ture the fugitive. The delay thus caused
and the difficulties which frequently arise
from the failure to follow the strict letter
of the law, often defeat the ends of justice
III the work of this conference should
prove acceptable it Is not improbable that
conference TO secure uniform divorce
laws will be called 1t is doubtful if the
laws relatiMg to divorce are alike in any
two States. As a consequence some grave
complications arise A person may secure
divorce in one State which is not regarded
as valid in another, and he is in the curious
position of being a single man in one part
of the country and married man in an
other. If he should marry again he would
run the risk of being prosecuted for bigamy,
and if he should die there would be dis
pute with respect to the division of his
property.
Congress has been urged to take stops to
secure uniform marriage and divorce laws.
but its authority to do so is questioned An
easy and satisfactory way to accomplish the
desired object would be a conference Of the
States and Territories. There certainly
could be no great opposition to such con-
ference, since there is a strong public senti-
ment in favor of getting rid of the evils
which necessarily result from inharmonious
laws
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
ANNUAL SPECIAL EDITION
OF THE
Savannah Morning News
AND THE
Savannah Weekly News,
TO De
ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER Sd, 1857.

The Annual Special Edition of the DAILY
and WEEKLY NEWS viii be issued Sept. s. It
will contain a complete and comprehensive
review of the trade of the city for the past year,
and will show the progress the city has made in
everything that helps to make up its wealth and
that contributes to its prosperity.
The facts relating to cotton, naval stores and
the different branches Of the city's wholesale
trade will be so presented as to give clear idea
of the citys business for the year ending Sept l.
The business men of Savannah cannot make
better investment than by buying copies of the
MORNING NEWS Annual Special Edition and
sending them to their friends and correspon-
dents. newspaper like this Special Edition,
containing an accurate account of the business
of this city, is the best advertisement of the
energy and activity of the people of Savannah
Every citizen, whether he is a capitalist, mer-
chant, manufacturer, mechanic or a man of leis
ure, should feel pride in the progress the city
is making, and in presenting TO the world the
inducements which it offers to those who are
seeking homes in the South
This Special Edition will be sent to all sub
scribers of the DAILY and WEEKLY NEWS, and
large number of extra copies will be mailed,
thoroughly covering the territory tributary to
Savannah.
Advertisers will find this Special Edition OF
tanned upon application to the Business Office
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
EDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

SPECIAL NoT1cEs-As to Bills Due Ece,iRg
Cau: OF Interest to Ladies, A. S. Cohen; Notice
Fred w Habersham.
MISUNDERSTANDING Statement Of the
Niagara Fire Insurance Company of New York
EDUCATIONAL Kenmore University High
School hear Amherst c. H, Va
REMovAI-A Minis, Jr, Attorney at Law.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENT Help Want
ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Board; Personal; Miscellaneous.
KOSHER PIcKLED BEEF-Nicholas Lang.
STEAMSHIP ScHEpULE-Ocean Steamship Co,
NorICE-Application for Local Act.
CorToN SEED WANTED-Southern Cotton Oil
Co.
AUCTION SALEs-Three Houses Harness, etc,
by c. H. Dorset.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
Romantic Love and Personal Beauty.

from ttc SATURDAY heDle1C.
In one section of his book Mr.. Finck is rather
more fortunate, though his crude transatlantic
ideas mar his work even here. He is great
defender of filtration against prudery on the
one hand. and Coquetry on the other, and we
approve his efforts But even here he has not
quite risen to the full conception of the great
art-to-wit: To the idea that it is an art and,
like all arts, has an end in itself. In general,
his execution-a fact perhaps not difficult to
anticipate from his having written his book.
lie does not like ry small waists-on which
point he is no doubt generally right, though we
are quite unable to admit with him that a small
waist is ugly in itself. 1t is not; but the
means taken to secure it bring about other ugli-
nesses for which the small waist is no compen-
sation. He does not like to see ladies heads
loaded with dead birds and beasts and here we
are wholly with him He hates strong minded
women with an in every sense holy hatred, and
for this alone we could be content to forgive
him everything, except that fatal irrational,
and, in far more than the common sense i'm
moral, error that romantic love and conjugal
love are different and incompatible. The thing
is the odder because he is a warm advocate of
marriage-that is to say, of killing the goose
1--WE mean no sarcasm) that lays the golden
eggs. This and his sacrilegious remarks about
Solomon and Catulus are bad and his ignorance
of medieval and other matters is bad, and what
we at least suspect to be his concealment of the
real cause of that ignorance is bad, and his de-
probation Of blondes is bad, and his overvalua-
ton of Ovid is bad But, as having, even if not
quite according to knowledge stood up for the
noble and traduced art of Irritation, perchance
he may be finally saved, if so as by fire, and be
allowed to enter the paradise of lovers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
Stop Juggling With the Tariff Issue.

From the PHILADELPHIA Record (Dem.)
The Philadelphia Times says that New York,
connecticut, New Jersey and Indiana were car
RED for Cleveland because the platform of 1884
distinctly declared for the protection of Ameri-
can LABOR. If the Record should say that these
States were carried for Cleveland in spite Of
juggling declaration in regard to the tariff there
would DE strong preSumptive proof to back its
assertion while the Times has none. In 1876 all
THESE states gave rousng majorities for Tilden
on platform favorng drastic tariff reform.
Ihey viii give rousing Democratic majorities
again whenever the Democratic party shall rise
70 the occasion and plant itself on its time
honored principles
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

From, he No,risfo,en Herald

IfUHI tFtt lfUFF tSIUtO7t IItI'tttt
A DeKalb street lady purchased a lump Of
crystal ice few days ago and placed it in an
ice cooler. which was perfectly clean. She
added no water. allowing it to melt without as
sistance. Some time later she drew glass of
the melted ice and was lifting it TO her lips,
when, from the very center, q tiny snake reared
its diamond head, its seintillating eyes and
glistening forked tongue causing a scream OF
fright to issue from the lady's lips Fortunately
she held on to the glass and was thus able to
prove to the incredulous friends who answered
her call the absolute truth Of this strange story
The snake was almost pure white measured an
inch and half in length, was fully developed
and belongs to species as yet unclaSsified.
How it came into the ice and how it could live
and display such astonishing iveineSs in liquid
of a temperature so near congelation is a mys-
terry worthy the attention of our local scientists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

1t is to be hoped that the failure of Groves
teen e. Pell, of New York, announced in
the MORNING NEWS of yesterday will not
affect unfavorably two North Georgia
railroads, with which they are intimately
connected-the East and West and Rome
and Decatur. Both are important lines to
the development of the mineral resources of
that portion of the State. The terminal
point of one of them, Pell City, smart
and pretentious Alabama town, was named
for the junior member of the firm.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

The discomfort caused among the anti
German Maryland Democrats by the SEN
etor's ascendency in State politics and his
alleged control of Federal appointments is
likely to endanger the success of the party
in the fall election. This faction, led by
John X. Cowen, a man Of great wealth and
high character, is openly pledged to the sup
port of the Republican ticket, in the nam
ing of which il probably had a voice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

There appears TO be disposition in Texas
among the Anti Prohibitionists to read those
of the Democratic leaders who assisted the
Prohibitionists at the late prohibition cleo
ton out Of the party. II would be well for
them to curb that disposition at once. The
Prohibitionists were defeated in Texas, but
they were not SO crushed as not to be ready
to make another fight for prohibition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

Mrs Langtry's mother has gone to
England to see what can be done toward
getting Mr.. Langtry out of the way in order
that Mr. Freddy Gebhardt may become
known as Mrs. Langtry's husband. A noble
ambition is that of Mr.. Gebhardt's
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

How public opinion overbears law was
recently curiously illustrated in a French
court. A duelist was sentenced to impris-
onment, not because he had wounded his
adversary, but because he parriod a thrust
with his left hand while he stabbed with
his right. Dueling is ILLEGAL in Franco.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
rhe Politicians Heartlessness.

From The Providence Eucnin9 Journal
Was there ever anything more wicked in gov
eminent than the attempt Of the Tory Ministry
of England by unjust laws 10 goad the Irish
people into misbehavior and violence, in the
hope that they will thus ALLEVIATE the sympathy
OF the English voters and give the Tories new
chance for power
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

The recent long controversy in the case of
the forger Blackman, illegally arrested in
South Carolina by Richmond county Off
Ger, causes the hope that the labors Of the
recent extradition conference in New York
may result in something practical. State
sovereignty is good thing, but it should
not shield criminals
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

The MORNING NEWS will begin next
Sunday the publication of very interest
ing story by Miss s. Lucy Joyner, of North
Carolina, entitled Five Old Letters" The
story is comparatively short one, but it
will be well worth reading
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

There is a movement in New York to
unite the Labor and Temperance parties
In everyday life there is no better. stronger
coalition. How it viii work in politics re-
mains to be seen
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
CURRENT COMMENT.
rhe Way to Abolish Poverty.

TVFT Ut THtftTItTI5TTTT Ft5S
The price which Henry George demands for
lecture suggests that his platform is; Every
man abolish his own poverty AS | am a little
lame will begin now"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

A New York Socialist accuses Henry
George of having diverted TO his own use
$1,000 contributed by an Anarchist for a
political purpose. Nobody will believe an
Anarchist ever had that much money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

A lot of desperate stock gamblers are
said by the Philadelphia Times to be using
money and every influence they can bring
to bear TO induce the employees of the Read
ing Railroad Company to strike, in tho hope
of profiting by the decline in the stock
which would result Men are sent to Jail
for much smaller crimes against their fell
lows
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

Chicago is much dissatisfied, because in
the programme of the Presidents Western
visit she is allotted only one day while
three are given to St. Louis Is this an
outbreak of the old jealousy, or only ovi-
dence that Chicago shares the pride most
of his countrymen feel in Mr.. Cleveland!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

Rev. Dr. Sprecher, of Euclid Avenue
Presbyterian church, Cleveland, o., is a
minister who puts principle before salary.
He was offered Mr.. Beecher's old place at
Plymouth church, with salary of 100000,
but refused it because of the Naturalization
doctrines Of the congregation, with which
be did not care 70 be identified
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

A cablegram announces that John Rus
kin is certainly insane. Few men have done
more good in his day or brought pure
pleasure to so many thousands. His books
are classics.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

IHE most fagrant case Of professional dis
courtesy on record occurred on n southern
Pacihc train the other day Some highwaymen,
after cleaning out the passengers of every
dollar went away without giving the sleeping
car porter a single cent 80
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

The New York Star having agreed to
boom a steel pen in connection with the
Grant monument may also undertake to
boom some one Of the many patent medi-
cines in the same way. If it gets enough
articles to boom it may finally succeed in
raising the monument fund
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

It looks as if the New York Socialists are
finally estranged from the United Labor
Marty
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27

An article is printed with the heading. How
Man Should Treat Man" The best way Ia TO
allow him to select his own drinks. Nebraska
State Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01

, ~ ,erctt, n distinctive type has been oo-
famed by careful breeding. The ChesteI
Whites are large white hogs, with small
heads: ears projecting forward and tapping
IT The noints: coat thin, with no brlstles;
long. deep bodies. oa
The Cheshires nre supposed by gooo
authority to have been derived from inc
Yorkshires. In form and other points,
eycent color, they resemble the Berksh,fes.
! Tber are pure white, smaller and finer nan
the Chester Whites, and larger than the
| Sutfolks. They are prolific, mature early,
and their flesh is nicely streaked with 1a'
and lean, like the Berkshires.
The Suffolks are small white hogs, Win
very thin hair and fine pink skin. 1ney
are not popular among the great pork pro
| ducers Of the West, but are animals Tor the
| village mechanic who keeps n pig, ana
the amateur. In short, they may De re-
parded a fancy breed, rather than one 1or
business. They mature early, fatten easily
and make fine, delicate pork it killed at SIX
o eight months old. :,
The Essex hogs are black. md in all
points except color greatly resemble the
Sufolks. They are less sensitive to hot
sunshine, keep in good condition on grass
alone. and fatten easily. They are quite
popular at the East, but are not keptlargely
in the West. There is a larger. or, us it is
called, improved Essex, made by crossing
with larger breeds, for which much is
claimed.
The Duroc-Jerscy is red in color. and is
supposed to lave descended from the old
STYLE Of B%erkshires, among which that
peculiar color was prevalent. The Duroc-
jersey has been bred under other names in
the United States for more than sixty
years, but it is only recently that the
present name was adopted. They are
long. deep hogs, with moderately small
large, body deep and long, legs firm and
short. When fully mntured they dress 400
to 500 pounds, and pigs at nine months old
should dress $50 to 800 pounds.-Prairie
Farmer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01
TOOK THE FLoOH THEN.

She was a very pretty little girl, and
she stood in her mothers lap and on
the car cushions and on her neigllbor's
frocks and everywhere except on the
car floor, but as she really was pretty
nobody minded, and somebody made a
sym%pathizing inquiry when her mother
called her "Poor little dear!" "Yes,"
said the fond parent, otis very sad;
her feet are so cold that she can't stand
on the floor. i; She is not strong" "And
I've dot a hcley 'tocking, too," pro-
claimed the child, and everybody said
nothing with great earnestness for many
minutes, after Ler mother had dropped
her on the floor hard enough to keep
her feet warm for a fortnight.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01
pouLrRY-BREED1Ne
cheop Poultry Houses.

Beginners in keeping poultry usual
start out with exaggerated ideas Of /
profit to be derived from this business. /
the buildings for housing fowls are amo]
the first items of expense, they are anti
be constructed on for too large and cost
q scale. The inside work should be paiptd
OF better still, sheathed with tarrcd bull
ing paper, in order to make it offens;yel
yermin. With two or three windows
afford light and ventilation q small poul1
house can be constructed for fifteen
twenty dollars, according as the poul|
keeper is handy with tools and able to
much Of the work himself. Then if all
one or two years more room is desir|
build another house on the sam chd
pattern, and far enough away so that
fowl in each can be enclosed in sepau
yards. When these hen-houses become J
it will be more and more difficult 10 Id
them from vermin. A cheap house }
pay its cost in q very few years, and it d
sometimes be advisable to pull down }
build anew, which course with expena
houses could not be afforded. The pou]
house should never be constructed III
barn, especially one where other farm std
is kept. The vermin, which it is alu3
impossible to clear out of an old pou1
house, become an intolerable nuisancd
horses, cattle, or even swine.